ACCIDENT ANALYSIS OF HIGHWAY NARROW BRIDGE SITES

Information on traffic accidents at bridge sites suggests a potential safety problem and the need for more detailed data on the problem. In the early 1970's, bridge-related accidents in the States of Virginia and Kentucky, for example, not only constituted a high percentage of all accidents, but also accounted for a disproportionate number of fatalities and injuries. Bridge-related accidents were found to be approximately twice as likely to result in fatality as a typical accident. A research study sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) examined the extent and nature of the narrow bridge accident problem. This article presents selected major findings and recommendations from this study.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Brinkman, C P
  • Mak, K K
• Publication Date: 1986-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 127-133
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash rates; Fatalities; Injuries; Narrow bridges; Single vehicle crashes; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00459084
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Information, Incorporated
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 181
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 31 1990 12:00AM